True House Stories interview podcast hosted by Lenny Fontana

TRUE HOUSE STORIES® W/ JOHN LUONGO # 146 INTERVIEWED BY LENNY FONTANAJohn Luongo is one of the true legendary DJ's andRemixers of the Disco eras. John has remixed tracks for just about everybody, from many of the gems of classic Disco acts like; The Jacksons, Dan Hartman, K.C. & the Sunshine Band, Melba Moore and Jackie Moore to the real Synth POP bands like Visage, Ultravox, Peter Goodwin, The The, and Men Without Hats. He has also worked with some great POP/Rock stuff for Queen, Aerosmith, Van Halen, Huey Lewis & the News, Hall & Oates, Greg Kihn, and Cheap Trick…Hailing from Boston, John ‘TC’ Luongo is widely seen as one of the most influential DJs and mixers of the Disco era. For over a decade, until he stepped away from mixing, almost everything he touched was a bonified hit. John started with music career back during his time at university. He studied Civil Engineering and graduated from Northeastern University in Boston, Ma. In 1973 with a degree of BS in Civil Engineering he knew he had a greater calling and this was music... While studying at university, John took on a part-time job as a DJ at a club in Boston called The Townhouse, which was, at that time, located above a bar called The Bull and Finch, upon which the TV show 'Cheers' is based. Sometime, while still at university he got his nickname - "TC", which some of his old-time friends still use to call him. The name refers to a cartoon character in the US who was very hip and cool. this cat was named "Top Cat". John's friends would tease him as "Top Cat” who was the leader of the gang, and John was the leader of the Disco scene in the New England area. Thus, the nickname, John "TC" Luongo! John later went on to be the DJ of a club called Rhinoceros, the largest business club in Boston, which eventually became the largest black disco in all of New England nd the East Coast and help him start his career in Radio, and as well help to start the record pools up in the Boston Area. The list goes on and on from this mastermind.Here is a mantra that John said at the 1978 National Disco Awards:The day Disco dies is the day people stop dancing.And people aren't about to do that.There will always be Disco in one form or another.” How right he was then and as he is now. He is active even today, running a publishing collection company, but let’s step back in time and have a chance to share a moment of him working on some of these amazing songs that are still in rotation today.

TRUE HOUSE STORIES® W/ JO MILLS # 144 INTERVIEWED BY LENNY FONTANAJo Mills began to gain her extensive musical knowledge during the early 90’s at London’s Mecca for music enthusiasts, Flying Records. Working alongside DJs such as Clive Henry, Rocky and Ashley Beedle lead her to become a regular behind the decks at the infamous Full Circle parties on Sunday afternoons. Soon Jo was playing alongside some of the biggest names in house including Danny Tenaglia, Deep Dish, Tony Humphries and DJ Sneak, to name a few. By the late 90’s it was the dawn of a new era, for DJs, and she began playing all over the world. Soon Jo was regularly playing at some of the greatest clubs of the time, especially in Ibiza, which these days is where she calls home. Having firmly stamped her mark on the island playing seminal clubs such as Pacha, Space and Amnesia she then began her residency for the now legendary Circo Loco. As one of the key players her Circo Loco residency spanned five amazing years and propelled her to the next level.Jo Mills mixed her first Ibiza compilation for Pacha alongside DJ Pippi in 2001 and followed it up the following year with a Circo Loco debut compilation alongside Cirillo. Jo continues to wow audiences across Europe, South Africa, Asia, Australia, Mexico, South America, Canada the US and even Russia. Annual global tours are regularity due to her ever-increasing popularity, fan base, talent and all-round presence in the house scene.Over the years Jo’s musical talents have continued to flourish, not only as a DJ but also as a producer. In the production realm she sights the likes of Jamie Jones, Bookashade and Sebo K as inspiration and is currently receiving great acclaim for her own releases. Her collaboration with Tomas Hedberg, on Phonetic Recordings caused a huge stir in 2009, 2010 saw “Lullaby’ released on Back to Basics, while other productions of note include‘Dancing In The Dark, Jo’s collaboration with Matti Schwartz under the 4tune500 moniker and ‘House Arrest’, which she co-produced with Steve Mac for Junior Boys Own Records. Jo’s productions regularly receive rave reviews from a diverse range of artists including the likes of Groove Armarda, Slam, Tedd Patterson, Brother’s Vibe and everyone in-between, beyond and basically all those who love quality house. More recently Jo has teamed up with Gareth Whitehead from Bullet Dodge records, with their first single, ‘Pipe Dreams’ being snapped up by Pacha Recordings with mixes from Denney.Jo decided t0 take a momentarily break for a few years and decided during the year of 2020 to come back and do it all over again. She is now travelling the world once again and has a residency on the White Isle Ibiza each and every week. She is in the studio producing and remixing and has a huge release set to come out on Defected. Watch out for her she is on a roll. ♫ SUBSCRIBE TRUE HOUSE STORIES® NEWSLETTER:✚ https://truehousestories.com/subscribe-newsletter ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬♫ FOLLOW JO MILLS✚ FACEBOOK: https://facebook.com/djjomills ✚ INSTAGRAM: https://instagram.com/jomillsdj ✚ SOUNDCLOUD: https://soundcloud.com/djjomills♫ FOLLOW LENNY FONTANA✚ WEBPAGE: http://lennyfontana.com ✚ FACEBOOK: https://facebook.com/lennyfontana ✚ INSTAGRAM: https://instagram.com/lennyfontana ✚ X (TWITTER): https://twitter.com/LennyFontana✚ YOUTUBE: https://youtube.com/c/LennyFontanaOfficial♫ FOLLOW TRUE HOUSE STORIES®✚ WEBPAGE: https://truehousestories.com ✚ FACEBOOK: https://facebook.com/TrueHouseStories ✚ INSTAGRAM: https://instagram.com/truehousestories ✚ YOUTUBEPODCAST: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiZ9aMPdKkfgHjkYTrebboslHErUcCrdL ✚ SPOTIFYPODCAST: https://open.spotify.com/show/77yqcaawwWhnzQrGKeZtp6#JoMills #interview #podcast #TrueHouseStories #LennyFontana #MusicDocumentary

TRUE HOUSE STORIES® W/ COLIN DALE # 142 INTERVIEWED BY LENNY FONTANA Colin Dale was a friend of DJ/producer Fabio from childhood, beginning his DJ-ing career whilst working in the banking industry in his native London. His DJ-ing career began as a warm-up DJ for hip hop DJ Tim Westwood at clubs Gossips and Heaven, as well as working in various record shops such as Mi Price alongside Jazzy M. He joined Kiss FM in 1986 and hosted the Abstrakt Dance show for many years, playing techno and related styles. He helped set up the Knowledge club in London and was resident there in its infancy, and was tour support DJ for band Jesus Jones. Dale also promoted the Noire night at the Soundshaft in London where he was also resident DJ alongside his brother Mark Dale and was also resident DJ at the Vapourspace night in London ♫ SUBSCRIBE TRUE HOUSE STORIES® NEWSLETTER: ✚ https://truehousestories.com/subscribe-newsletter ♫ FOLLOW TRUE HOUSE STORIES® ✚ WEBPAGE: https://truehousestories.com ✚ FACEBOOK: https://facebook.com/TrueHouseStories ✚ INSTAGRAM: https://instagram.com/truehousestories ✚ YOUTUBE PODCAST: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiZ9aMPdKkfgHjkYTrebboslHErUcCrdL ✚ SPOTIFY PODCAST: https://open.spotify.com/show/77yqcaawwWhnzQrGKeZtp6

TRUE HOUSE STORIES® W/ MARK JAMES # 140 INTERVIEWED BY LENNY FONTANA With many decades of experience as a DJ and one of Australia’s most progressive promoters and dance music recording artists. MARK JAMES has been synonymous with dance music in Australia since the beginning. It all started in the 80’s where Mark’s frustration of trying to push dance music to a traditionally rock orientated Aussie market led him to setting up his own club nights and parties. As time went on around 1987 with the birth of acid house Mark finally began to see a light at the end of the tunnel and so did the punters, the turn around had begun. Mark hosted events which included the first of a string of international acts and DJ’s in Australia including INNER CITY, THE JUNGLE BROTHERS, the ID WORLD TOUR with GRAHAME PARK and MIKE PIKERING (M people). Into the 90’s Mark’s djing status had been pushed to the forefront of Australia’s finest with bookings all over the country. In 1990 it was time to get serious about making music which Mark had been dabbling in over the past couple of years with then long time girlfriend GINA G (of “Oh Ah just a little bit” fame). With Gina on vocals and good friend PEE WEE FERRIS helping on the production tip BASS CULTURE hit the charts with LOVE THE LIFE (used more recently 1998/99 Summer “Coke Cola” ad, and long running theme on Neighbours). Four singles followed featuring some of Australia’s finest vocalists including KATE CEBERANO, LISA MAXWELL AND SUZI AHERN along with an album all charting successfully in Australia and appearing on “Hey Hey It’s Saturday” no less than three times. I’VE LEARNED TO COPE stayed No.1 on JJJ for thirteen weeks running and featured in the Aussie movie “The Sum of Us” (Russel Crowe) and also broke into the UK dance charts with mixes from ERIC KUPPER. Mark’s own productions kicked off with a studio stint also in 1991 with CARL COX Eternal by Eternal reached No.1 on the Aussie dance charts, a top 40 UK DANCE HIT which even broke the national UK charts at No.73 in 1997 Mark remixed Eternal and hit the UK chart's again this track was one of the late great DJ TONY DE VITS most played records of 1997. Two more Eternal singles followed MIND ODYSSEY released on WARP records and made top 20 (UK dance) and in 1994 with a name change to ETERNAL RHYTHM, Deep Down which was licensed to several countries all with high chart positions (JOHN DIGWEED listed Deep Down in his top ten tracks of the year 1994).The 2000 remix of Deep Down released on Quad UK appears on loads of mix cd's including DANNY HOWLES. Mark also is the MD of Future Entertainment Australia's largest dance event and DJ touring company, touring the likes of Gatecrasher, Renaissance, Trade, Perfecto and every high profile dj. ♫ SUBSCRIBE TRUE HOUSE STORIES® NEWSLETTER: ✚ https://truehousestories.com/subscribe-newsletter

TRUE HOUSE STORIES® W/ TALL PAUL # 138 INTERVIEWED BY LENNY FONTANA Tall Paul began his DJing career in 1985 at Turnmills, a nightclub his father owned. From there, Tall Paul became the resident DJ at the Gardening nightclub, Zap Club in Brighton and Trade in London, before headlining at various events in countries including the US, Brazil, Japan, and Ibiza. Red Jerry from Hooj Choons bestowed the name onto DJ Paul Newman calling him Tall Paul. Tall Paul is a leader and is sought after for his sound that smashes the crowd each and every time he plays. Paul's hit single "Rock Da House" went into the mainstream charts cementing him not only as an world class dj but having him rise to his next level as an Award winning producer. Check out his story right here on True House Stories. ♫ SUBSCRIBE TRUE HOUSE STORIES® NEWSLETTER: ✚ https://truehousestories.com/subscribe-newsletter

TRUE HOUSE STORIES® W/ ANDY VAN & JOHN COURSE (VICIOUS MUSIC) # 136 INTERVIEWED BY LENNY FONTANATrue House Stories brings you 30 Plus Years of Vicious Music and the direct impact the Vicious collective has made upon club music culture, not only in Australia, but all across the globe. Andy Van and Jon Coarse both being world class DJ’s have a huge passion for the music. The label with its impressive 30-year history and its artist’s releases having reached the peak of global music charts, and in the record boxes of legendary DJs and been played across radio stations globally, from Australia’s JJJ to the UK’s mighty Radio One. In the process, some artists have become house-hold names such as Avicii conquering the world with his EDM sound, but most of all, the label’s releases have proved how an Australian label has made the world dance for over 30 years!

TRUE HOUSE STORIES® W/ SMOKIN JO # 134 INTERVIEWED BY LENNY FONTANA True House Stories interviews Smokin Jo the Female UK DJ. Smokin Jo (born Joanne Joseph) is a British DJ and record producer from London, England. She is the only female DJ to win the number one DJ in the world award by DJ Magazine in 1992,. She began her career in 1990 when she got her first set of decks. In 1991, Jo was given an opportunity to play at London gay club Trade at Turnmills which led to a residency there that would continue until 1993, launching her career. In 1992 she played in Ibiza for the first time, on the terrace at Space in Playa En Bossa, in the same year she was named as DJ Magazines No1 DJ. She also presented the BBC Radio 1 (essential selection) weekly report from Ibiza, between 2002 and 2006. Jo has gigged all over the world, and in every big club night, playing as far and wide as Japan, Germany, Brazil, Greece, USA (including Space in Miami) China and Singapore. In the UK she has played Ministry of Sound, Fabric, XOYO,The Beams, Printworks in London. She still plays in Ibiza for Glitterbox and now she has just finished writing a bestseller called "You Don't Need A Dick To Be A DJ" The book is her personal life story and she has laid out the path for everyone to learn from it as you will find it is very well written.